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sprin⋅kle
[spring-kuh
l] 
verb, -kled, -kling, noun –verb (used with object)
| 1. | to scatter (a liquid, powder, etc.) in drops or particles: She sprinkled powder on the baby. |
| 2. | to disperse or distribute here and there. |
| 3. | to overspread with drops or particles of water, powder, or the like: to sprinkle a lawn. |
| 4. | to diversify or intersperse with objects scattered here and there. |
–verb (used without object)
| 5. | to scatter or disperse liquid, a powder, etc., in drops or particles. |
| 6. | to be sprinkled. |
| 7. | to rain slightly (often used impersonally with it as subject): It may sprinkle this evening. |
–noun
| 8. | the act or an instance of sprinkling. |
| 9. | something used for sprinkling. |
| 10. | Usually, sprinkles. small particles of chocolate, candy, sugar, etc., used as a decorative topping for cookies, cakes, ice-cream cones, and the like. |
| 11. | a light rain. |
| 12. | a small quantity or number. |
Origin:
1350–1400; ME sprenklen (v.); c. D sprenkelen, G sprenkeln; akin to OE sprengan to sprinkle, make (something) spring, scatter, causative of springan to spring
1350–1400; ME sprenklen (v.); c. D sprenkelen, G sprenkeln; akin to OE sprengan to sprinkle, make (something) spring, scatter, causative of springan to spring
Synonyms:
1. distribute, rain. Sprinkle, scatter, strew mean to fling, spread, or disperse. To sprinkle means to fling about small drops or particles: to sprinkle water on clothes, powder on plants. To scatter is to disperse or spread widely: to scatter seeds. To strew is to scatter, esp. in such a way as to cover or partially cover a surface: to strew flowers on a grave.
1. distribute, rain. Sprinkle, scatter, strew mean to fling, spread, or disperse. To sprinkle means to fling about small drops or particles: to sprinkle water on clothes, powder on plants. To scatter is to disperse or spread widely: to scatter seeds. To strew is to scatter, esp. in such a way as to cover or partially cover a surface: to strew flowers on a grave.
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| sprin·kle (sprĭng'kəl) v. sprin·kled, sprin·kling, sprin·kles v. tr.
[Middle English sprenklen, perhaps of Middle Dutch or Middle Low German origin.] |
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Sprinkle
Sprin"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sprinkled; p. pr. & vb. n. Sprinkling.] [OE. sprenkelen, freq. of sprengen to sprinkle, to scatter, AS. sprengan, properly, to make to spring, causative of springan to spring; akin to D. sprenkelen to sprinkle, G. sprengen. See Spring, v. i., and cf. Sprent.]1. To scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed, etc. 2. To scatter on; to disperse something over in small drops or particles; to besprinkle; as, to sprinkle the earth with water; to sprinkle a floor with sand. 3. To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify. Having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience. --Heb. x. 22.Sprinkle
Sprin"kle\, v. i. 1. To scatter a liquid, or any fine substance, so that it may fall in particles. And the priest shall . . . sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the Lord. --Lev. xiv. 16. 2. To rain moderately, or with scattered drops falling now and then; as, it sprinkles. 3. To fly or be scattered in small drops or particles.Sprinkle
Sprin"kle\, n. 1. A small quantity scattered, or sparsely distributed; a sprinkling. 2. A utensil for sprinkling; a sprinkler. [Obs.]
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Language Translation for : sprinkle
Italian:
spargere, cospargere; spruzzare,
German:
streuen,besprenkeln,
Japanese:
ふりかける
sprinkle
1382 (implied in sprinkled), frequentative of sprenge (see spring (v.)) or via M.Du., M.L.G. sprenkel "spot, speck," from PIE base *(s)preg- "to jerk, scatter" (cf. L. spargere "to scatter, sprinkle"). The meaning "rain lightly" is first recorded 1778. Sprinkling "small amount" first recorded 1594. Sprinkler is attested from 1535.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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